I’m an older guy who faced exactly this well over 30 years ago. It was sily of me to defer going to the p;olice for so long. as well as this being a gut wrnchinglt terrifying crime, that eats at the very essenec of the victim, it is also a very sad indictment on society that victims of blackmail can still feel so intimidated by the fear of being outed. The cure is to be out and fearless, so we clearly have a long way to go. As for the perpetrator, well I’m afarid he deserves our hatred.

Lee Taylor’s ‘defence’ was that he self-harms and has a ‘split-personality’God,how my heart bleeds,NOT! Did he ever try seeking professional help for these issues?!Seems not,it appears he thought it was a softer option to blackmail men he thought were easy targets!Maybe he’ll have time to consider his actions whilst attempting to not bend over in the prison showers!